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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30
SOME OLD FOLKS.

Rafael Luna and Petra Ncgrete were iateiy
married in Guanajuato, Mexico. The bride
is p and the groom 30 years old.
Miss Jane Burrell died recently at Sey
mour, Ind, aged 10 years. She claimed &c
be the Oldest maiden lady in the country.
John aud Sarah Burnham, Of Essex, Mass.
celebrated the Csc anniversary Of their mar
riage recently. The husband is 50 and his
wife 10 years old.
Collins Fitch, Of Meade county, Ky, is the
oldest Mason in the order in that state, hav.
ing become a member of the order in 1870.
lie is past % years Of age.
The oldest person in the state Of Indiana is
Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll, who lives in Warren
TOWNSHIP, near indianapolis. Her age is llS
years an health Is good,
VI inc Smiley, OF M~uskingum
couu slebrat the Tooth anniversary
Of her biz a recently She Is In good health.
aud her mental yigor is unimpaired.
Anderson Burrell, a planter living near
Montg emery, Ala. Is the father OF thirty-one
children and the grandfather Of sixty. He is
II years old, and has been married four
times.
Rev. John Gibson, 81 Philadelphia, is
years old. His face is coal blackan n hisL
snow white. He was formerly a slave. His
health is good, but he has been blind for seY.
eral years.
Daniel Hulto. a planter OF Crawford
county, Ga, reached the age Of 100 years 10
Gently, and bids fair 10 live for a quarter Of
"a century to come. lie was a gallant soldier
in the war Of 1872.
Mrs Lydia Strope, who recently died at
Green Bay, Wis, was l02 years Old. On the
same day Mrs. Jane W. Edgecomb died in
Damariscotta, Ne, at the age Of l02 years 4
months and Il days.
Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll, Of Warren, Ind,
claims 10 have been born in Pennsylvania in
Ia. Her husband was a soldier in the war
Of 1872. There is good reason TO think that
Mrs. Carroll is really ll3 years old, although
she is as active as most women Of 90.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30
Morning Walk In tho CITY.

Somebody IS always asking why bust.
ness men do not more generally walk part
Of the way to their business every morn
ing. There are several good reasons why
they do not. First Of all, they are apt 10
have half q bucket OF water thrown on
them by some needless Jeames, who al
ways sets apart 8 a. m, OF Whereabouts,
as he proper time to wash the sidewalks.
Then they will probably have to walk
past three or four lordly gentlemen's gen
tlemen who are engaged in knocking the
dust out Of the familiar door mat by
striking it against a lamp post. These
are the dangers that menace the morning
walker IN the side streets. Nor is he any
better of when he gets 10 a business ay-
enue. BY q sort OF sacred tradition,
about half the shops on such L are
violently swept out at exactly to hour
when business men are going down town,
and the only way TO escape from the in
tolerable dust Is 10 walk In the middle Of
the street. Plainly, New York is not
built for the convenience Of business men
who want TO walk.-New York Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30
VIRGINIA's POLICY.

The political policy Of the state OF Viz
GINA is a potent part Of our national sue
cess. The people ought to understand
that the State ought to be put on a line
of action that will bring the State back
into the sympathy with the Democratic
doctrines Of the whole country.
The debt question has been managed
by demsgogues for their own preiermeni
until Virginia is a Robinson Crusoe isl
and separated from the respect and
sympathy of the world, while she has
everything possible that God gives to
man TO make her a great and prosperous
community. The automaton figures that
are officially published every yearto show
that the State cannot pay its debt are
merely the game Of a lot OF men whose
pretended patriotism aud love Of Nir-
ginia is desire Of salary.
What the State wants is a modern
intelligent understanding Of the situa-
ton. We want the world TO know that
the natural resources Of the State can be
open to development.
We want Richmond 20 have a good
hotel.
Richmond also wants a good theatre.
We want the sponsors Of the Richmond
TINES TO use all their influence to stop
this whine about poverty. No man is
poor who has the qualities OF a man to
use the opportunities that the State Of
Virginia has.
The politicians think that the State Of
Virginia ought to 60 for abolishing the
tax On tobacco, and also for championing
the Blair education bill. Neither Of these
two measures are strong in the national
Democracy, and we do not see why Vir-
ginia should champion weak ideas.
Let the Virginia Democracy post it
self IN the great and active ideas that
the national Democracy agree on, and
not attempt to split the suit" when the
game Is for all that we hold to be good
for our section.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

The Cherokee Indians have been adj
vancing a claim TO a tract Of public land
lying adjacent their domains, which they
have been renting to cattle graziers with.
out warrant.
The public strip, or " No Mans Land"
henceforth probably to be dignifed by
this new title, contains 3,672,640 acres,
lying lust south OF Kansas aud Colorado.
Coded by Texas to the United States long
ago, it has been either accidentally or in
te~ntionally left out Of various acts of Con
gress applied to neighboring regions. At
its last session, Congress undertook
to provide some needed judicial enact
ments for 1t, but the bill for this purpose
did not receive the Presidents signature.
Just before the holiday adjournment last
week, Senator Voorhees, introduced q bill
to extend the laws Of the United States,
except those Of presumption, timber cul-
ture, and desert entries, TO the public land
strip, and creating a land district to be
known as Cimarron. In the House a bill
Is 0 TO be introduced uniting Cimarron
10 the western part of the Indian Terri
tory under a separate territorial organi-
cation.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30
LABOR NOTES

There are 60, 700 colored Knights Of Labor.
Virginia is to have a state bureau Of labor
statistics.
Labor unions IN all large cities complain of
labor bureaus sending men far away 10 work
and s~tarve, the work giving out.
\ large cotton factory, 800 feet long by IS
fee, wide, is being built or top Of the Cum
berlaud mountain, North Carolina.
Knights Of Labor petitions are circulating
asking congress 10 have all convict made
goods plainly marked Convict labor"
Pennsylvania has abandoned prison labor,
and in one prison $50 convicts are begging
for something 90 do, as without occupation
their imprisonment amounts to solitary con-
lnement.
The twenty-secOId annual convention Of
the Bricklayers' International union will
meet in Boston Jan. 10, 1883. Among the
subjects 10 be discussed Is the further reduc-
ton Of working time from nine 10 eight
hours.
The English board Of trade has made a re.
port ia which il alleges that the number Of
paupers 10 the country now are only 24.7 70
the l 90, while in 1870 there we're 40 to the
| 600, and that the total number has fallen
from 90, 600 10 COZ, 600, while the population
has increased by ., 10000. In London, it is
alleged, there are o only 81 paupers TO
1000 inhabitants.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

During tho past year The decline in
the personal influence Of labor leaders
has been very marked.
The labor unions have certain fixed
principles Of self protection that work
ing men acknowledge, and though the
unions may often be wrong the funda-
mental idea is accepted by wage workers.
But there are other labor organizations
that aim at power and not self protec-
ton, and everybody knows Of the abuses
perpetrated by such combinations that
forced people to strike wnen Ney had
no grievance.
The working men often strike with u
good cause. They entirely have the
right to stop work whenever they choose
to do so, but the strong common sense Of
America has settled the question ofstrike'
before the court Of an intelligent public
opinion which draws the line between
the right Of people not to work on their
own terms, and the right of employers to
get other people at any terms they can
mutually agree on.
The American laborer mas been lei oil
by selfish %demagogues into a great mis-
take, and that is the idea OF making en-
ployors do what they think capital and
property ought to do. The employer Is
lust as much q worker as The manual la
borer whom he employs. He is not q
capitalist. He pays capital an interest
on the money houses, and pays his labor
ers the profit of their toll. And thus the
laborer. the brain worker and the capital
ist, all three Ia their separate capacities,
get their dues. The adjustment OF bust
ness seems TO be fair, aud the American
who cannot prosper uoder it has only
himself to blame. lie ought to know
enough of the history OF the world to see
that in our free country any man OF sense
and industry has the best possible chances
to succeed.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

The Pacific railroad investigating com
mittees have had ? hard piece Of work,
but the work Of reform goes on. That
the roads have been plundered for pri-
yate gain by those who have had them
10 charge is too well known a fact to re-
quire further proof, The Governments
security in the Union Pacific may
possibly be still adequate, though that is
doubtful. its chance for recovering any
thing from the Central Pacific ring is
very slight. The unwillingness Of Hunt
iDgton, Stanford and Company, as assert.
ed, 10 accept the Cultivate bill even,
arose, it is believed, from their intention
TO make none Of the payments there pro-
vided for whatever.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

We noticed some time ago the move
Of Mr.. Bill Chandler, ex.bcss of the
Navy, to put the election machinery Of
Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina
in the hands of a Federal board on le
ground that the colorcd Republicans
were cheated or forced out of their
rights.
How pleasant it is to behold a rogue
in the graceful and pious pose Of a re-
former.
How was Mr.. Bill Chandler the most
noted vote-stealer in America who or
ganized the conspiracy to steal the presi-
dency for Hayes, and carried it out by
doctoring the returns Of three States,
and here are these very three States to
be C~handlered again in another way.
But listen TO the next yiriuous p:o-
position Of Republicans
Senator Hiscock is credited with the
proposal to abolish the protective duty
on sugar and to establish instead, for the
benefit Of the sugar interest in Louisiana
and elsewhere, a system of bounties upon
production to be paid from the Treasury.
Mr. Hiscock brings forward this measure
as q Republican, and he expects to have
it adopted by the Republican party
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

One of the most interesting personal
items in the last few days has been Sarah
Bernhardt's performance Of La Tosca, ~
and Mr.. Barrymore's declaration that he
would sue Sarah for stealing bis play Of
"Nadezdah.n The Illustrated London A6rs
contains an illustrated criticism OF LA
Tosca," and it cannot be denied hat the
main features Of the drama are identical
with those Of "Nadezdah." The scene is
different and some of the characters are
changed, but the fair conclusion is that
Miss Bernhard after reading B~arrymore's
play gave the plot and motive of it TO a
distinguished dramatic author with the
intention of having a better play than the
original.
Sarah saws that she would like her son
to cuff" Mr.. Barrymore for his assertion
that the pay was stolen. Young Mr..
Bernhard if he is not entitled to any
other name according to decent custom
ought at once to find Mr.. Barrymore, but
when found it is likely that Mr.. Barry
0 will on moral principles be
than a match for the Bernhardts.
Sardou may have made a better play
than Barrymore, and he may not have
known that the plot of he drama was
any other than an idea 0 Sarah's, but all
the same the steal is apparent.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

Roumania and Bulgaria are both taxing
their citizens immensely to maintain
armies without seeming to understand
that the army Of such a province does
not NEAR anything at all when the politi-
cal fate Of the little province is TO be
settled by the ideas Of Russia and the
great powers. Thus the great yearly war
alarms cause the little countries to bank
rupt themselves TO main,sin little armies
that can do nothing.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30
Jewish H~ishlandcrs In the Caucasus.

Jewish HighIandors In the Caucasus.
The Caucasian Jews are %lDOrdinately
fond Of green stuff, consuming it in guam
titles that amaze a stranger. In p~artaking
Of food, as in the mode of service, the old
Jewish customs are strictly followed. A
wooden platter Tor, if a guest be present,
a handsome copper dish) IS placed
upon a carpet on the floor. On this
are set two cakes Of unleayened bread
covered with q clOth-wOOlen on Crdin-
airy occasions, but Of silk on Sabbaths
and festivals. Salt, onions, garlic and
fruit are ranged round the bread, aud all
sit down upon the floor. The master
pOurs water over his two hands,
recites a blessing, then uncoyers the
bread, breaks the upper loaf into as many
pieces as there are males present, and
gives each one piece. The pieces are
dipped into salt three times and eaten.
The second loaf IS then served in like
fashion and distributed among the fe-
males. The mistress Of the house brings
IN the first dish herself; then, II a stranger
be present, wells and withdraws. Every
thing Is put on table, or rather on the
floor, at once; and it is customary 10 take
a little Of each dish served. When roast
meats are eaten, a %sharpened piece Of
wood Is employed as an aid TO the fingers,
but ordinarily fingers alone are de rigueur.
The highland Jews prepare an excellent
mountain dew" and drink large quaint
ties OF the spirit without seeming 10 ex-
perience any intoxicating effects. st.
James Gazette.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30
Trick Of a BANKRUPT.

An English bankrupt having pleaded
that his failure was due to the default Of
the government Of San Salvador in paying
its obligations, the consul Of that country
has published q card announcing that his
government has never suspended payment,
and has no obligations abroad except q
railroad loan, the interest upon which is
paid proW4t}y. New York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

Can it be that that particular jackass
who hangs around the rooms of a news
paper office when both the editor and
the cat are absent has got full control Of
the New York SanP'
Thus the New York Times calls the
turn on its ~neighbor for saying ;hat the
Times had furthered an idea that was
only published as correspondence.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8

WE WANT 4 HOTEL IN RICH
MOND. NEW STREETRAILROAD
AND NUMEROUS OTHER THINGS.
THE WAY TO GET THEM ALL IS
TO ENCOURAGE THE DAILY
TINES" WHICH IS TIE VOICE OF
A GOOD AND PROGRESSIVE PUB
Lie OPINION.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30
The Distance of the Stars.

The distance OF the star Alpha C~ea.auri
may be stated IN round numbers 10 I've
20. 200, 900, 0O0, 900 III miles. Now, a bill
lion means a million Of millions, so that
the distance of Alpha Centauri may be
stated 10 be twenty millions Of millions Of
miles. Let us'nOw try 10 form some con
ception, however imperfect, Of the amazing
distance. Let rs suppose a railway train
10 leave the earth travelling day and night
at the rate Of fifty miles an hour without
stoppages. In six months IL would reach
the moon, in 200 years IL would reach the
sun and in 5000 Yeas j. would reach the
planet Neptune, the orbit Of which forms
the extreme known limit Of the planetary
system. The same train, however would
not reach the star Alpha Cen.auri IN less
than 40, 600, 600 years.
One more illustration msy be useful
Comets, in general, revolye In very ccccn-
tric orbits. When q comet is in the peri
helion Of its orbit il is comparatively near
to the earth; on the other hand, when il
IS at the apheli0n it is remote-in many
instances very rem0te-frOm the Garth
For instance, tie celebrated comet Of 1898,
known as Donati's comet, n Of the
greatest comets Of modern times, az the
time Of its passage Of the perihelion was
distant from the sun 90, 1000, 600 miles; but
when II has attained the aphelion Of its
orbit (which Will occur in about 600 years
hereafter its distance from the earth viii
not be less than 30, 900, 000, 900 miles. Now
our typical railway train starting from the
earth would not reach the apheliOn Of the
orbit of DOnatiis comet in less than Co
600 years, and yet the aphelion distance
of Donati's comet is only n seven-hun-
dredth part Of the distance from the earth
to Alpha Centauri, the nearest Of the fixed
stars. food Words.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

An old friend 10 a widow yet ia tears
/ presume your dead husband naa made
al preparations to face his makers
HE had indeed. He was insured In sir
different companies. Paris Figaro.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30
MERCHANTS REsTAURASI0on ,s
ia Main street. next 10 Dispatch o"'
e EyENsES. Proprietor

Meals at all hours, bot ten sees sII Win iks
.on's' Sour Mash. Guekenheipsrs and Do
inshsm's. Finest brands 81 special clssrs.
nestle Cigars Ine ce', ,Se msrset. myaeln'
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

~. ,. BRANCH.
hoMAs BRANln \ co =. 'oorI
hhS AND COMMISSION VIZ BANE
BONDS, STOCKS 'N
S00r,Srnrni and SOLD To- this hirlEs
once to al H. s Ss,, i]ss.sssph sire from ..
execute Orders t0f ACTIVE ais's ana a.
~ minutes OF their ie,o.es 'o,hs -ltA-1
gel quotations every d,sr ouf oisoc.
customers. '"' INSPECTION III
road aud 1C.oiiuail"n on me subject,
Bonds. Securities ana
cczu ra,
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C. " BRANCH Nco
y" hNs AND BROKERS
III East MArs STREET.
estate Bank Building,

w~aaisa'e wires connecting d,re,
Nasniigtoh Baltimore. PhNadelnbi, 'a1
ne" lork. Buy and sell stochs aD4 am
lor oash OF on margin. Commiss-,' ..o'
cent. Loans negotiated. Also tr,de ~
mission m grain and cotton fufo,.. ,i
hcited. 'ngt -
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AND BRoKrps
i LANCASTER & LUcKE.
Banners 81 AND BROKER,
WI Main Stree,

so SsS%ri ri Of all Kind. deal,
'p no. in and sold Oh commission 10 'ot
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

City Delivery by carriers n 10 ccnts per week.
ny mail. postage paid. dAill one year fo'''' SIN
months. si.sb: three months a.
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Published at Richmond. Virginia, hythe iihks
Publishing Company.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

THr WEEKLY TiMFs. by mail. postage paid
one year, 81: six months ~ ceh's' 'o'ee
months. - cents.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

Our Washington correspondence tell
of another deserving old claimant" who
wants the Government TO make Japar
pay him a large sum of money because O
the money which he did not earn by trad
ing in Japan before Japan admitted for
eigners to trade.-Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-30

Johnnie, a bright boy OF six years,
while being fixed up for school, obsery.
ing his little oyercoat much the worse for
wear, and having more mended places
than he admired, turned quickly TO his
mother and asked:
Ma, is pa richy"
Yes, very rich, Johnnie he is worth
two millions and a half"
What in, maj"
"Oh, he values you at one million, NE
at one million, and baby at half a mil
lion"
Johnnie, after thinking a moment, said.
Ma, tell pa 10 sell the baby and buy us
some clothes. '-Boston Gl06e.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-23
why Is This Thuslye

EDS. RECORD UNION; Can any reason be
given to prove that the quality of dust
evolved from our streets in March is any
better or less o jectionable than that pre-
duced in May, July or August? If not,
why are the people Of this city forced to
endure the clouds of dust that every gust
of wind is whirling through the air? Why
do not the Trustees have the streets sprin-
kled? don't believe they can give either
a satisfactory or a sensible answer to these
questions. If there are persons willing to
keep down the dust for the money there is
in it, do not see why the peoples serv-
ants do not hire them. That's one of the
duties they were to perform in considera-
ton of the salaries paid them. Just let
them announce that contracts for street
sprinkling will be let by the day, or week,
and venture to say there will be plenty of
bidders. The hydrants are full of water,
ready to be tapped, and every taxpayer in
the city is willing and anxious to have the
dust laid. Why is it not done" This is
the question that is upon the lips of every
one. CITIZEN.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-23
Slight Disbursements.

Ed J. Smith, who filled clerkship in
the Assembly, at the last session of the
Legislature, swore out warrant yesterday
for the arrest of Otto Heller on charge Of
battery. 1t appears that Smith owed Hell
Ger five or six dollars, and did not liquidate
when the Legislature adjourned. Coming
up from San Francisco few days ago to
ascertain from the Controller. when he
could draw the money which bill signed
by the Governor last week awarded him,
Smith met Heller and promised to pay
him his Indebtedness in a day or two-as
soon as he could get his money from the
State. Yesterday morning they met again,
when Heller demanded his pay and re-
ceived the same answer, the Controller not
having drawn his warrant as yet. Heller
insisted that he wanted the coin then and
there, and event after" his debtor with the
apparent intention of taking sit out of
him." but the unpleasantness did not
amount to much and Smith was not hurt
Heller was arrested by officer Mccormack
and gave bail for his appearance in Court
TODAY
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-23
They May Appoint.

At their last regular session the Board of
Supervisors had before them the applica-
tons of John Shannon and J. II. Sturgis
for appointment to the Office of Justice of
the Peace fer Granite township, which in
cludes Folsom. These gentlemen were
candidates for the position at the last gen.
eral election. Shannon received the most
votes and was declared elected. Shortly
afterwards he became very i'll, and failed to
file his bond and qualify within the time
required by law Meanwhile Judge Stur-
gis, the incumbent of the Office, has held
on to it. When the matter came before
the Supervisors on the applications for APP
pointment, the Board were unable to de-
eide whether there was vacancy in the Of
flee under the circumstances, and what its
duty was in the premises. To settle the
matter, it was agreed that the Courts should
be called upon for an opinion. Yesterday
Judge Armstrong heard an agreed case pre-
senting the facts-Jobn Shannon VS.. The
Board of Supervisors of Sacramento county
and ordered that the Board had the right
to appoint proper person to that office,
aud that a writ of mandate issue to that
effect.